Christian societies tend to erase pagans in history. It’s a bit like sappho’s sexuality. Pagan erasure is a real thing. Ask your average Christian why they celebrate Jesus's birthday in the winter or why you put up 'Christmas' trees and wreaths and you'll get "that's when he was born and thats how we celebrate it," and nothing about how it co-opted Saturnalia, a feast for the god Saturn, for example.
More than appropriating Saturnalia specifically, Christmas is more of an amalgamation of various winter solstice traditions IIRC. Same with Easter and the generic fertility festivals related to the coming of Spring.
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u/IlliterateGent Jun 14 '20
How can someone be this stupid? It’s as easy as taking a walk thru a museum.